Gilgamesh (restaurant)

Defunct restaurant in London, United Kingdom

Gilgamesh

Location in Camden

Restaurant information
Established| June 2006 (June 2006)
Head chef| Dean Light
Food type| Asian cuisine
Street address| Chalk Farm Road, Stables Market
City| Camden, London
Country| United Kingdom
Coordinates| 51°32′32″N 0°8′53″W﻿ / ﻿51.54222°N 0.14806°W﻿ / 51.54222; -0.14806
Website| GilgameshBar.com

Gilgamesh Restaurant Bar & Lounge was a restaurant and bar in Stables Market, Camden, London, from 2006 to 2018. Despite its Mesopotamian name and theme, the restaurant typically served South East Asian, Chinese and Japanese-inspired eclectic cuisine.[1]

Opened in June 2006, the restaurant was inspired by the Sumerian king Gilgamesh.[2] Furnished with dark wood and heavy furnishings, its owners claimed its reliefs and carvings were the work of over 10,000 workers from Northern India.[3] It contains a range of exotic imagery, and is intended to evoke the mystique of the Babylonian era. Its interior is said to be an "ostentatious replica of a Babylonian palace".[4] The tables and chairs were intended to be reminiscent of those of the palaces of Ancient Babylon. The London Restaurant Guide described its bar as being like a theme park, and says, "This is one of those restaurants that sets great store by glitz and it certainly seems to strike a chord with a clientele that isn't too "bovvered" about the food, preferring cocktails, champagne and celebrity."[5]

The restaurant closed in January 2018.[6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Dining". Girugamesh Restaurant Bar & Lounge. Retrieved 17 May 2011. "... influenced by the cuisine of South East Asia, China and Japan ..."
2. ^ Metzelthin, Pearl Violette Newfield (2007). Gourmet. Condé Nast Publications. p. 46.
3. ^ Rahim, Ali; Jamelle, Hina (2007). Elegance. John Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-02968-8.
4. ^ The New Yorker. F-R Pub. Corp. 2006.
5. ^ Campion, Charles (2008). London Restaurant Guide 2009. Profile Books Limited. p. 263\. ISBN 978-1-84668-143-1.
6. ^ Carrier, Dan (6 February 2018). "Celebrity hotspot Gilgamesh closes". Camden New Journal.

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